Hourly labour cost: Norway vs Germany

Norway: EUR 56 (2025). Germany: EUR 45 (2025).

Hourly labour cost in Norway and Germany, side by side from the same Eurostat series.

NorwayGermany
Latest figureEUR 56EUR 45
EU rank3 / 309 / 30
Change, 1 year+EUR 3+EUR 2
Change, 5 years+EUR 7+EUR 8

Shared periods

PeriodNorwayGermanyGap
2025EUR 56EUR 45+EUR 11
2024EUR 54EUR 44+EUR 10
2023EUR 52EUR 41+EUR 11
2022EUR 55EUR 40+EUR 15
2021EUR 53EUR 37+EUR 16
2020EUR 49EUR 37+EUR 12
2016EUR 49EUR 33+EUR 17
2012EUR 56EUR 31+EUR 26

Source: Eurostat, read into our register. Eurostat lc_lci_lev

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